10.03.2026 07:00
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This is where you start to motor ahead of me Ruth - still need both the Quaker and GSK.
Largest trap of the year to date with 14/6 - Common Plume and Early Grey were both NFY. Also Oak Beauty, Hebrew Character, 3 Clouded Drab and 7 Common Quaker.
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Late afternoon at Whitemoor Haye - 2 Common Scoter (both drakes) on Railway Pit, 2 Slavonian Grebe (1 now near full summer plumage) on Roadside Pit, 3 Whooper Swans (2 adults + 1 juvenile) in cereal field, Curlew over @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social @alrewasbirder.bsky.social
First visit of the year to Middleton Lakes racked up 66 species. Star was the Lesser Spotted Woodpceker showing from the car park from 7:45am. Also Marsh Harrier, 3 Treecreeper, 2 Redshank, 4 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, 2 GW Egret, 6 Little Egret, booming Bittern
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Caloptilia falconipennella was a surprise find in utility room yesterday evening - new for me and the first live specimen for the SK10 square following a leaf mine record back in 2012 B74 VC38
#TeamMoth
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Rosy Maple Moth? Who needs AI when Nature already provides such wonderful creatures
Shat means something else where I come from (although it can look a bit like mud) 🤣
Absolutely - safely released into well vegetated areas
Despite being cold and wet by dawn the moth trap contained 2 NFY with doubles of Oak Beauty (not recorded in 2025) and Small Quaker. Also Clouded Drab, Hebrew Character and 3 Common Quaker in 9/5. B74 VC38 SK10
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The loan of a FUN pheromone lure (thanks @ruthnewby.bsky.social) resulted in a new moth for the garden, Pammene giganteana. Also first butterfly of the year in the sunshine, a Comma.
B74 VC38 SK10
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What's their food plant / habitat Ruth?
Is this the biggest ever single species count on eBird? Gobsmacking photos of an estimated 2.75M Snow Geese in North Dakota (HT @evornithology.bsky.social)
ebird.org/checklist/S2...
55 species this morning from flying visits to Branston GPs and Whitemoor Haye. Highlights were 2 Slavonian Grebes, my first Redshank of the year, Curlews, Oystercatchers and several singing Chiffchaff, Skylark + Reed Bunting
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A dinky gull feeding near the road at Borve had us doing an emergency stop this morning: a fabulous adult Bonaparte's Gull giving incredible views. Only the second record for Barra and my third self-found. #birdingscotland #RareBirdsUK
Sadly not but on my hit list
More numbers but less variety for me - March Moth and 5 CQ
Wednesday night looking promising
Best trap of the year despite the breeze with 9/5 - 4 Common Quaker, 2 Dotted Border, Hebrew Character and Yellow Horned (only my second ever) were all NFY; also Satellite.
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A far more productive visit this morning to the River Tame between Ham Halls and Lea Marston - Hume's Warbler showing regularly high up in silver birches and calling occasionally. Also my first singing Chiffchaff of the spring and 4 Goosander (3m+1f) on the river.
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Nice finds - still need Herald for the garden
White billed Diver in rock channel close in at Seaton Point this afternoon. Great birds, what a bow wave as it dived.
#Northumberland #LocalPatch #UKBirding ##Lowcarbonbirding
And as soon as you post this one turns up in Kent
#buzzardwhisperer
Thanks Ruth
Will get the spreadsheet updated
Please report to colourmarkedswans@wwt.org.uk
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A quick note for birders visiting Whitemoor Haye from March. A road closure will mean you cannot drive through for a month, no access from Whittington end, part access from Arboretum end @staffsbirdnews.bsky.social
And breezy
Frustratingly only heard the elusive Hume's Warbler along the River Tame at Hams Hall this morning; understand it showed after I left. My second for Warwickshire. 16 Little Egret in fields in Bodymoor Heath.
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